Hello, Peter Kosinar wrote: > Providing the factorization of a particular number (whose factorization is > considered to be not known by anyone) is definitely a proof that you know > the factorization of that number and that you had a method for finding it.
of course agreed. > Of course, it doesn't say anything about this method -- whether it is a > general one or whether you were able to find the factors based on graph of > temperature at the top of Elbrus :-) Right, giving an example doesn't proof the method. That's what I was talking about. But it seems some participants of the list don't understand how to proof something in mathematics and take an example as a proof for a method. GTi _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
